(CBS) Liberals might believe that Glenn Beck has been blind all along, but now the television talk show host says that he is suffering from macular dystrophy and may actually lose his sight.
A couple of weeks ago I went to the doctor because of my eyes, I cant focus my eyes, he said to a Salt Lake City crowd on Saturday. He did all kinds of tests and he said, you have macular dystrophy ...you could go blind in the next year. Or, you might not.
The often comedic Beck fired back, Did you just charge me a thousand dollars for knowing what I knew my whole life?
Vitelliform macular dystrophy is a genetic eye disorder which causes vision loss over time by disrupting cells...
Senate Republicans are worried that, as solicitor general, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan advised President Obama about litigation against health-care reform - a potential issue if the litigation makes it to the Supreme Court.
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July 19, 2010 -- Abuse of prescription pain relievers jumped 400% between 1998 and 2008 among people aged 12 and older, according to a new report.
The report showed that prescription pain reliever abuse rose from 2.2% in 1998 to 9.8% a decade later, with increases seen across all sectors of society -- gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, employment status, and region. Moreover, pain reliever abuse soared from 6.8% in 1998 to 26.5% in 2008 among people admitted to treatment facilities for opioid dependence.
Easy access to prescription pain relievers, such as keeping OxyContin in the bathroom medicine cabinet or accessing illegal pharmacies...
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Telecom equipment vendor Nokia Siemens Networks said Monday it has agreed to pay $1.2 billion for the majority of U.S.-based Motorola Inc.'s (MOT) network equipment business in order to gain a stronger foothold in the important North American and Japanese markets.
In a joint statement, the companies said they expect the all-cash deal to close by the end of 2010.
Nokia Siemens is making the acquisition primarily to boost its position in markets like the U.S. and Japan and gain access to new customers, but the deal will also provide economies of ...
ELEANOR HALL: The Prime Minster Julia Gillard attempted to put her stamp on the Governments health strategy today. Reform of the health system is a policy area that her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, worked hard to make his own.
Today in Launceston Ms Gillard announced that shell spend $96 million on training for new doctors and nurses in emergency departments.
Ashley Hall is travelling with the Prime Minister and he joins us now in Devonport in Tasmania. So Ashley what sort of a pitch did Julia Gillard make on health today?
ASHLEY HALL: Well, Eleanor as you mentioned she is trying to put her mark on this policy. She pointed out that nearly a third of patients admitted...
Many nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurers have amassed billions of dollars in extra cash in the last decade even as they hit their individual customers with double-digit premium rate hikes, a new study found.
Seven out of 10 nonprofit Blues plans held at least three times the amount that regulators require them to maintain for minimal solvency, according to a report from Consumers Union.
The independent group found that 10 Blues plans collectively held $9.1 billion in surplus funds in 2009, or about $855 per member per year. That's up from $4.6 billion in 2001, or $395 per ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday proposed trying to enhance access for people with disabilities to websites for hotels, retail stores and other public sites as well as improve access to movie theaters.
Most of the proposals are aimed primarily at improved access for the deaf and the blind.
With the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Monday, the Justice Department issued four proposals for public comment aimed at finding ways to keep up with advancing technologies so people with disabilities are not left behind.
Just as these quantum leaps can help all of us, they can also set us back -- if regulations are not updated or compliance...